Holy god........sheesh, what a way to go. Sad.
Yes, it's like, 'blame the train' in full caps and bold headline. Brightline, TriRail, Amtrak all get headlines for this stuff in south Florida, seemingly faulting the train; never mind it's usually the victims' fault.
Whaaaa!!! I don't believe it! It's like people are tempting fate?
The last line of the article was priceless: "The train began on the move again within hours."
About 30 mins late - in and out of NYP in 7 mins.
Sounds like better parenting was needed. The implication that we should spend vast sums in an effort to make it physically impossible for careless people to harm themselves is anathema to my views. Whatever happened to self-reliance and personal responsibility? Coddling is a death sentence if we're honest.
Outside of a few special situations with optical illusions most high-centered trucks look like they ignored an obvious incline and should have gotten out to confirm they were safe before crossing.
When the Lincoln Service tracks in my town were upgraded for high-speed rail, fences were added all along both sides of the tracks within village limits, and crossing gates were added at all pedestrian crossings as well. This was partly because grade-school kids have to cross those tracks walking to and from school (although I would agree that teenagers and adults ought not need that degree of coddling). Also as a result of the high-speed rail upgrade to the tracks, all students who lived North of the train tracks were now deemed eligible to ride a school bus, even if they lived closer than the old "more than 2 miles away" requirement, because the high-speed trains were considered a pedestrian road hazard.
More likely, he'll be on social media complaining about the reckless driver.
